Watch-pocket.



PATENTED AUG. 6. 1907.

A. EHRENTREU.

WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATCH-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed April 29,1907. Serial No. 370,914-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

pockets. It is adapted to be formed of any suitable material, andsecured in the pocket of the wearer in such a manner as to prevent theremoval of the watch without its being known or detected. It can beapplied to any pocket and is very cheap and simple, and takes upcomparatively no room or space in the pocket.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved pocket, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the pocket detached; Fig. 2 is asimilar view with the watch in position; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a piece ofmaterial from which the pocket is formed. The material is folded uponitself twice, as at 2 and 3, the folds 2 being formed at the outer edgeof what I shall call the back of the pocket, 4, and causes the portions5 of the material adjacent to the edges of the back, 4, to extend towardeach other to the folds 3, from which point the material extends awayfrom each other in layers, 6. The folds and layers of material aresecured in this position by means of a circular row of stitching, 7,which is made large enough to receive the watch, 8, when insertedbetween the adjacent edges or folds 3-3. If desired, the material may bestrengthened or re-inforced by vertical rows of stitching, 9, two ofwhich rows are immediately adjacent to the edges 3 and the others are ata distance therefrom.

When using a pocket as above described, it is placed within the watchpocket of the wearer and secured in any desired manner, preferably bymeans of a row of stitching at one or more edges of the material. Themouth of .the protector or the space between the folds .33, is placedtoward the inside of the pocket, whereby when the watch is to beinserted into the protector, it can be readily done by opening the mouthand slipping the watch thereinto edgewise, one edge of the watch beinginserted as far as it will go, and the other edge being placed under itsfold by lifting said fold upward. In this manner the stem of the watchwill project through the upper end or portion of the mouth of the pocketfor the reception of the chain and for the purpose of being grasped bythe owner when he desires to remove the watch from the pocket. It isevident that with a pocket constructed in this manner, it will beimpossible for the watch to be removed without its being twisted orturned substantially edgewise to a greater or less extent within thepocket, which will give notice to the wearer in case a thief should tryto remove the watch surreptitiously. In case the owner does not care toinsert the watch into the protector, the watch can be inserted into thepocket in the usual manner, as the protector is so thin that it willtake up substantially no room and the protector need only be used attimes, or in places where there is greater danger of pickpockets, thussaving the owner the trouble of inserting the watch into the protectorand removing it therefrom when using the watch pocket in the usualmanner. It is also ev ident that the protector can be formed from othermaterial than cloth, as chamois, soft leather, etc., and that it can bemade without folding the material as above described. For instance, thefront may be formed of two separate pieces which can be secured to asingle back piece by placing their edges adjacent to each othersubstantially midway of the back piece and then securing the threepieces together by means of the circular row of stitching as abovedescribed. The row of stitching is made large enough to afford plenty ofroom for inserting the watch readily, as after the watch has beeninserted it will be impossible to remove it without turning it edgewiseto a greater or less extent and thereby give notice to the wearer,irrespective of the size of the pocket.

Having described my invention, I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a watch protector formed from a pieceof flexible material folded upon itself from opposite directions wherebythree thicknesses are formed, one of the thicknesses forming the back ofthe protector and the other two thicknesses forming the front, saidfront pieces having their inner edges adjacent to each other to form avertical slot or opening substantially midway of the back portion, saidfront portion being secured to the back portion by means of asubstantially circular row of stitching.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH EHRENTREU.

